Transportation & Infrastructure Hearing

Jason Collins & SFIA Visit

March 4, 2015 – Congressman Sires discusses the importance of promoting exercise and healthy activities for school children with Jason Collins and members of the Sports & Fitness Industry Association today in Washington.

February 18, 2015 – Congressman Sires joins Senator Menendez, Rep. Nadler, along with N.J. state, county, and local officials to announce the latest effort to end the proliferation of helicopter traffic over the Hudson River.

Raising the minimum wage is a critical step in closing the opportunity gap and building an economy that works for everyone. Yesterday, I joined my Democratic colleagues in filing a discharge petition for an immediate vote on H.R. 1010 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and growing the middle class.

(Mr./Madam) Speaker, I rise today to express my serious concern about the expiration of the federal unemployment insurance program for more than 1.3 million Americans, including more than 90,000 hard working people in New Jersey. At a time when so many Americans are still struggling to recover from one of the greatest periods of economic downturn in our nation’s history, it is unconscionable to me that Congress would fail to stand behind those who need our support the most right now.

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This week in Washington, I participated in a Western Hemisphere Subcommittee hearing, attended a Joint Session of Congress, met with a foreign ambassador, discussed important topics with several constituent groups, and voted on important pieces of legislation.

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